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Claude Glennon Bryan

b. 1876

Best remembered as the co-author of Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France, this Canadian writer helped bring the history of Quebec to a wide English-speaking readership. His life also reached beyond books, with military service recorded during the First World War.

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Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France

Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France

by Gilbert Parker, Claude Glennon Bryan

About the author

Claude Glennon Bryan was a Canadian author born on May 13, 1876. Reliable catalog and archival records identify him as the joint author of Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France, a substantial history of Quebec published in 1903 with Sir Gilbert Parker.

That book remains the work most clearly connected with his name in major library and public-domain records. It presents Quebec as a place shaped by exploration, conflict, religion, and empire, and Bryan's role in it suggests a writer deeply interested in Canadian history and historical storytelling.

Archival records from Library and Archives Canada also show that he served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel. A Canadiana record lists his lifespan as 1876–1932, but because detailed biographical sources are limited, many personal details about his life are not easy to confirm with confidence.